Improvement in weather-strips



L. JOHNS & I. FALOON.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Patented March 6,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI JOHNS AND ISAAC FALOON, OF SALINEVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,017, dated March 6,1877; application filed August 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEVI JOHNS and ISAAC FALOON, of Salineville, countyof O0- lumbiana, State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Weather andDust Strip for Door- Sills, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a device for preventing wind, rain, dust, 860.,from passing between the lower edge of the door and the sill orthreshold; and it consists in a metal strip extending the length of thelower edge of the door, on the under face thereof, and hinged or pivotedthereon, the face of the door edge being channeled out to receive it,and operated to be held up against the said edge of the door, when thedoor is opened, by a coil-spring arranged in a recess in the door,

. to press upon an'arm extending laterally from the strip beyond thedoor, and operated to be swung down upon the sill, and thus close thecrevice between the door and the sill by means of an angle or downwardcurve on the end of the arm, which said angle, engages the surface ofthe sill when the door is closed, as hereinafter particularly set forthand described.

Figure l is a front elevation of a door to which our device is attached.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the line :0 m,Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a face view of the lower edge of the door.

A is the door. B is the sill or threshold strip, which we preferablyform with the downward bevel b on its edge on the exterior side of thedoor, and with the downward slope or curve I) on its edge on theinterior side of the door. 0 is the strip, which we fabricate,preferably, of metal. This strip extends the length of the lower edge ofthe door, as shown, and by means of the lugs c and a rod, 0, aroundwhich one edge of the strip is turned or clasped, the said strip ispivoted or hinged upon the under face of the lower edge of the door, thesaid face being channeled out its entire length at a, to receive thestrip and its hinge, and thus to bring them above the line of theextreme edge of the door, as shown. The lugs c, which form bearings forthe hingerod 0, are let into the side edges of the door. We find thisform of hinge to be the most preferable, on account of its strength anddurability. The strip O extends laterally from its hinge nearly to theedge of the door on its interior side. An arm, D, is riveted upon thestrip, and extends laterally from the hinge beyond the edge of the dooron its exterior side, as shown, and upon its outer end is formed withthe downwardly-projecting angle or lug d, as shown. Over this arm D, ina recess, e, in the door, is arranged a coil-spring, E, which bearsagainst the upper face of said arm. The face of the door is slotted fromthe recess e on its exterior side, as shown, to permit the play of thearm D.'

Now, it is evident that when the door is opened the spring E will act,by its pressure upon the arm D, to force the hinged strip 0 up againstthe face of the lower edge of the door in the channeled space a, andthus swing it away from contact with the sill, and ofl'er no impedimentto the opening of the door; and it is evident that when the door isclosed the lug 6' upon the outer end of the arm D will, by its contactwith the sill at b, operate to swing the strip 0 on its hinge, and causeits inner edge to close down upon the sill at b, and to be held closelyin contact with it, and thus to prevent the entrance of wind, rain, ordust between the door and the sill.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The strip 0, hinged upon and extending the length of the under face ofthe lower edge of the door A, and provided with the arm D, projectingbeyond the exterior edge of the door, and carrying on its outer end thedownwardly-turned lug (1, together with coil-spring E in recess e,arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

LEVI JOHNS. ISAAC FALOON. Witnesses:

JAMES G. MOORE, LYMAN G. CALL.

